20 questions
This scientist was the first to create a system to classify and organize organisms.
Linnaeus
Lamarck
Charles Darwin
Erasmus Darwin
A feature that allows an organism to better survive its environment
Variation
Natural Selection
Adaptation
Fitness
The branch of science that is dedicated to naming and describing different species.
Evolution
Taxonomy
Natural Selection
Variation
This scientist believed that if an animal (like a giraffe) stretched out its neck for extended periods of time, it would lengthen its neck, and that characteristic would be passed down to further generations.
Linnaeus
Lamarck
deBuffon
Erasmus Darwin
The theory that the Earth became what it is today through a string of natural disasters.
gradualism
uniformitarianism
evolutionism
catastrophism
a system in which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than other individuals (with non-favorable adaptations) do.
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Evolution
Variation
This scientist was the first to propose that all life forms descended from a common ancestor. He also proposed that more complex life forms arose from less complex life forms.
Linnaeus
Lamarck
Charles Darwin
Erasmus Darwin
The difference in physical traits
Adaptation
Variation
Natural Selection
Fitness
The ability of an organism to survive and pass its genes on to future generations.
Adaptation
Variation
Natural Selection
Fitness
The most broad (least specific) group in the Linnaean System
Genus
Domain
Kingdom
Species
The theory that land masses go through changes slowly, and over long periods of time.
gradualism
uniformitarianism
evolutionism
catastrophism
The process by which humans choose which traits get passed onto the next generation
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Evolution
Variation
Variation that occurs among members of the same species.
Biological Adaptation
Interspecific Variatiton
Intraspecific Variation
Biological Variation
When the DNA and body functions of organisms are changed to help them survive.
Biological Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
Behavioral Variation
Biological Variation
Variation that occurs among members of different species.
Biological Adaptation
Interspecific Variatiton
Intraspecific Variation
Biological Variation
When organisms change their patterns of behavior to survive.
Biological Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
Behavioral Variation
Biological Variation
This scientist published a book called Histoire Naturelle, believed all organisms had a common ancestor, and believed that the Earth was over 6000 years old.
Linnaeus
Lamarck
deBuffon
Erasmus Darwin
Came up with the theory of Natural selection, and published a book called On the Origin of Species.
Linnaeus
Lamarck
Charles Darwin
Erasmus Darwin
The most specific (least broad) level of classification in the Linnaean System
Genus
Domain
Kingdom
Species
Write the levels of the Linnean Classification system in order from most inclusive (least specific) to least inclusive (most specific). Use capitalization and commas between each one.